Arizona Laws 48-4473. Water storage for district members; accounting; fees and charges
A. If the board determines that water may be obtained in any year in excess of the amount of replenishment services pursuant to sections 48-4470, 48-4472 and 48-4501, the district may offer to store any portion of that excess water for any of the district members pursuant to Title 45, Chapter 3.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-4473
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Board: means the board of directors of a groundwater replenishment district. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- Director: means the director of water resources. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- District: means a groundwater replenishment district established under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- member: means a municipality that contains a service area and petitions for the formation of the district or petitions for the expansion of the district pursuant to this title. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- Water acquisition costs: means the cost of acquiring water for use by the district in fulfilling its replenishment obligations pursuant to sections 48-4470, 48-4472 and 48-4501, including costs of purchase or lease of water, energy costs for transporting water, operation costs, maintenance costs, withdrawal or severance taxes paid in connection with the water, capital costs for headworks, well or transmission facilities constructed at a water source and interest on monies that are borrowed to acquire water. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
B. Water stored on behalf of a district member shall be credited to a long-term storage account maintained in the district member’s name by the department pursuant to Section 45-852.01.
C. The district shall apply to the director for the water storage permits as agent on behalf of each of its members pursuant to Section 45-831.01 and shall file all reports, maintain all records and take any other action necessary to secure and maintain the water storage.
D. A district member shall pay the district such fees as the board determines are reasonable and necessary to establish and maintain the water storage for the district member. In addition, the district shall charge each district member that elects to have excess water stored on its behalf the water acquisition costs of water stored during the year in which the district stores the water for the district member.
E. If more than one district member elects to have excess water stored pursuant to this section, the district shall apportion the water available for storage among those district members in proportion to each member’s total water demand in the past year, except that no more water may be stored for an individual member than that member specifically requests and pays for in that year.